National Briefing | West: California: Rebuff For Hometown

Published: December 20, 2005

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told officials in his hometown in Austria to remove his name from a sports stadium and stop using his name to promote the city. Mr. Schwarzenegger made his request after politicians in his hometown, Graz, began a petition to rename the stadium, reacting to Mr. Schwarzenegger's decision last week to deny clemency to the condemned inmate Stanley Tookie Williams. In a letter to the mayor, Mr. Schwarzenegger said he decided to spare the City Council ''further concern'' if he had to make other clemency decisions.